In 1916—before the area was named a national park—Charles Sheldon asked the Alaska Engineering Commission to call it “‘Mt Denali National Park’ so that the true old Indian [sic] name of ...

Historically, human habitation inside the Denali region is over 11,000 years old. Athabaskan people’s presence in the region dates back roughly 1,800 years while principal groups in the park area in ...

A view of Denali, formerly known as Mt. McKinley, on September 1, 2015 in Denali National Park, Alaska. According to the National Park Service, the summit elevation of Denali is 20,320 feet and is ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — North America’s tallest peak ... his kennel and mushing tourism business just 8 miles from Denali National Park and Preserve’s entrance, and the 20,310-foot mountain ...

Alaska Native ... time immemorial." Denali, which means "the High One" in Koyukon Athabascan, is indeed the traditional name for the 20,310-foot peak in Denali National Park and Preserve, covered ...

In 1980, the park’s name was changed to Denali National Park and Preserve, but the mountain remained McKinley. Over a span of decades, Alaska’s congressional delegation repeatedly introduced ...

is in Denali National Park and Preserve. A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized ...